Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, 120716 NHPUC, 25, 970

Case DateDecember 07, 2016
CourtNew Hampshire
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE d/b/a EVERSOURCE ENERGY
ORDER No. 25, 970
DE 16-241
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
December 7, 2016
         Petition for Approval of Gas Capacity Contract with Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, Gas Capacity Program Details, and Distribution Rate Tariff for Cost Recovery          Order Denying Motions for Reconsideration           MARTIN P. HONIGBERG, CHAIRMAN          The Commission hereby denies the motions for reconsideration of Order No. 25, 950, which dismissed Eversource's petition in this docket.          I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND          On February 18, 2016, Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource), a New Hampshire electric distribution company (EDC) filed a petition for approval of a proposed 20-year contract with Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin). The contract would have been for natural gas capacity on Algonquin's Access Northeast Pipeline Project (Access Northeast pipeline). Eversource also sought recovery of associated costs through a new distribution rate tariff, to be assessed on all of Eversource's customers. Following the submission of legal briefs by interested persons regarding the Eversource proposal, the Commission dismissed the petition. See Order No. 25, 950 (October 6, 2016). In that order, the Commission concluded as a matter of law that Eversource's proposal conflicted with the principles and requirements of the Electric Restructuring Statute, RSA Chapter 374-F. For a more extensive description of the procedural history of this matter, together with the Commission's legal analysis regarding its decision to dismiss the petition, see Order No. 25, 950.          On November 7, 2016, Eversource filed a timely motion for reconsideration of the Commission's decision to dismiss its petition. Algonquin also filed a motion for reconsideration on November 7, 2016. On November 14, 2016, the Coalition to Lower Energy Costs (CLEC) made a filing styled a "Response" to the Eversource and Algonquin motions for reconsideration, broadly supportive of the Eversource and Algonquin pleadings. On November 15, 2016, the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) filed a timely objection to the Eversource and Algonquin requests for reconsideration. Also on November 15, 2016, the Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) filed a timely objection to the...

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